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Thomas White / Reuters Social Media Is Redefining 'Depression'
Online communities like those on Tumblr are perpetuating ideas of "beautiful suffering," confusing what it means to be clinically depressed.
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If Your Heart Stopped Tonight
An ICU physician on taking time to discuss with patients how they see their final days
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Elli Papayanopoulos Death Is Having a Moment
Fueled by social networking, the growing “death movement” is a reaction against the sanitization of death that has persisted in American culture since the 1800s.
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Shutterstock The Tragedy of Common-Sense Morality
Why do people fight so much?
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GollyGForce/flickr Study: Childhood Poverty Linked to Less Emotional Regulation Later in Life
Stressors of poverty play out in many ways.
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Michaela Rehle / Reuters How to Build a Happier Brain
A neuropsychological approach to happiness, by meeting core needs (safety, satisfaction, and connection) and training neurons to overcome a negativity bias
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(ralph and jenny/flickr; Romtomtom/flickr; Carly & Art/flickr; matsuyuki/flickr) How Superstition Works
Good-luck socks, numbers, and stars: Magical thinking remains popular across cultures and professions.
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Look Inside a Chicken Nugget
Doctors at the University of Mississippi dissected two chicken nuggets, looked at them under a microscope, and were "astounded."
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Reuters 47 Percent of Twentysomethings Say They Check Up on Exes Online
Implicit finding: the other 53 percent are lying.
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Dangerous Stamps
New fitness-themed postage stamps were put on hold due to government concerns over the safety of headstands and cannonballs.
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Bob MacDonnell / Connecticut College How Oreos Work Like Cocaine
Research made national news this week that the cookies are more addictive than psychoactive drugs. That claim may be exaggerated, but the neuroscience of junk food addiction is nonetheless fascinating and relevant—mentally, physically, and socially.
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Jef Poskanzer/Wikimedia Commons Study: People Love to Cheat
Even when it doesn't really benefit them
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Getty Sleeptexting Is the New Sleepwalking
“The line is blurring between wakefulness and sleep.”
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Courtesy Ann Dowsett Johnston Alcohol as Escape From Perfectionism
The pressures of being a "superwoman" are dangerous.
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Wikimedia Commons Molly in Powder Form Isn't Any Purer
A former dealer spills his secrets.
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slgckgc/flickr Study: Narcissists Only Think They’re Especially Creative
Narcissistic people do undertake more creative things, but their correlation with self-reported creativity is disproportionately strong.
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Evan Vucci/AP How Police Officers Are (or Aren’t) Trained in Mental Health
Requirements vary across the U.S., but experts say training is necessary and helpful.
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How to Uncork Wine With a Hammer
And other food magic to try, like chewing gum when chopping onions
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Boston Public Library/flickr Using Music to Close the Academic Gap
New studies on the cognitive advantages of learning instruments at early ages
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WikiPaintings Surveys Dramatically Underestimate Homophobia
Using a technique for eliciting confessions, researchers find there are more people who don't like gays—and who have had same-sex experiences—than commonly measured.
